BNA Q&A: Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer, Kroll Inc.'s Information Security, Forensics and Data Breach Practice

QUESTION:

Greater attention is being paid to data breaches in the health care sector. What are some of the biggest risk factors for data breaches that you see facing organizations?

RESPONSE:

It’s been a problem for a long time, and continues to be a problem for organizations across all sectors—mobile device security. It’s not as glamorous as hacking, but a lost or stolen laptop is like the bread and butter of the data breach world. A recent HITRUST [Health Information Trust Alliance] report indicated that lost laptops were the No. 1 source of health care data breaches, with 30 ...